That Maternal Life

Why a home birth is right for me...and why its okay it isn't for you.

A common question I get asked now that I am pregnant again is, 'so where are you having your baby.' A pretty standard question that, I'm sure, pregnant women all around the world hear and have to answer all the time! The not so standard part - my response and their reaction. When met with the answer 'oh

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Nyx Cosmetics - Hit or Miss?

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Okay, so to start I'm going to add a disclaimer. If I say anything here you don't agree with, that's okay! If I don't like something that is your holy grail then I am so happy that it worked for you. If something didn't work for me, it doesn't mean it won't work for you and it doesn't

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My Pregnancy and Labour with Ollie

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April 9th 2014. The day our lives changed forever. The day I found out I was pregnant. I have already done a post on telling family I was pregnant so go give that a read! My actual pregnancy with Ollie was very straight-forward. I had no complications, no issues and for the most part, no symptoms (hence the

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Yes, I'm Pregnant. Yes, I'm 19. Yes, I'm still a person.

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Being pregnant, at any age or stage of life, means that people perceptions of you and your body change. You suddenly appear to become public property and every Tom, Dick and Harry feels it is their right to touch your belly! Comments such as 'you're huge' 'are you sure its not twins' and 'you must be ready to

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Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017.

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Photo courtesy of runawayteacher.com GOODBYE 2016: So 2016 was a bit of a rough year for me and, if i'm totally honest, I am very much looking forward to moving onward and upward. February of 2016 bought with it heartache for our little family. We suffered another early loss of a baby at 8 weeks gestation. Having previously

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Come follow me on BlogLovin!

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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Another amazing platform for you all to keep up with all things That Maternal Life related!!

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Finding out

Finding out and telling parents I was pregnant at 19.

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So there I was, 19 years old, first year of university, new boyfriend, loving life. Never in a million years did I expect to see 'Pregnant, 3+" staring back at my from the Clearblue digital test I had just taken! Even though I was 2 weeks late at the time, pregnancy hadn't even entered my mind! I'd had

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Just a little something to say Hi!

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Morning chores - DONE! Lunch - MADE! Dinner - PREPARED! (not gonna lie, feeling pretty proud right about now!) And my son....is actually dressed (result!!) and eating...a dry pitta bread. Well you can't win them all can you! So cuppa tea in hand, toddler on knee, I thought it was about time to get this blog up and running!!